Phonograph-record cabinet.



Hs, T. mu-HER. PHoNoG-RAPH "REQQR'D CABINET.

. APPLICATION FILED OCT. I7. 1914.

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'PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

Q Q gnou/woz Jfaara! -Tazwer Im Ib @Meso-eo l En@ i' Howes-D r. Mannen oirriiiapn'iiriiii, PENNSYLVANML V the followingr is a specification.

, 'witlildrawn and held positively grasped and reiiioved.

the saine with the door vthrown open.

This invention relates to certain new and use'lul improvements in phonographic record cabinets of the kind designed for hold .inni disk records, the primary obiect ot the y 'astened to the side walls of the cabinet' invention being' to provide a cabinet which issiinple of construction, may he inade as ornamental and pleasing! in appearance as desired.` and is designed to retain the record disks lin position in a sat'e land reliable inanner. y

' A further oliiect ot" the'invention is -to provide a cabinet haring compartments with guideways for holding' the l,disks edgewise, together with means tor'eiieaging and niaintaining` the disks against displacement in a vpositive inanner, and means for retaining: a gravity discharging disk 'from movement` heyond a predetermined position` so that after released A'troni the holding ineans the disk inaii travel to a; position to he grasped and in such position until The invention consists ot' the features of construction. coii'iliina'tion and arrangement 'of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being' had to the accompanying; drawing in which Figure l is a 'vertical front to rear section through a music record cabinet embodying: iny invention. Fig. a liront elevation of lleterriiin` t'o the drawing', A designatesthe body ol? the cabinet or casing, which is pre't'ifxrably of olilon.; rectangular forni and nay be 'made of wood, nietal or a composite structure vand is ornamental as desired, This-'cabinetkis open at the front and is adapted to lic closed by 'a suitably mounted door i' ."'g '-v 'The interior of the cabinet. isfdirided liv substantially horizontal partitionsCl and C and D and D5 into, preferably, a pair of superposed record holding chambers or eoinpartine'nts E and l wherein upper and lower rows' or series of records G and G may he kept. y

The partitions bottom 'Walls of the the partitions D and D C' and C forni the. top and compartment E', While Specification o Lettersi'etent. i

form the top and.

along' which the record. disks inay roll for their discharge by gravity, as hereinafter described. rihe horizontal walls. or Apartitions of the compartments inay be secured to 4side walls or platesl which may he suitablyY body7 and, as shown, the said conipartii'ients are inorided with upper and lower rows or series of spaced guide strips il, arranged to proride series of grooved guideways il to receive the edges of the record disks in which guide ways the disks are adapted' to slide or roll or travel. on their ownaXes 1oy A Paten ted Sept. 2L 31915 Application filed October 1'?, i914. Serial No. $367,222A I 11,. andthe' gravity toward the front of the machine for discharglfel For the purpose ot' holding the sets of disks in position` detents or latchf'derices K and K are provided carried by levers K2. haringd finger pieces K3. controlling' lever is provided for each setyo'i` guide ways il', the latch devices-K projectinliivthrouirh slots L in the partitions C up wardly into the lower `sfuideways Jof the A latch device and" I' compartment E. while the latch 'devices K4 similarly project throughslotszL in the parl tition D downwardlyv Vinto and througlitlie upper guide ways J ot the compartment F.

The levers li?- aie in'eferahly arranged in the space l--l between the two compartments E and l* aud are pivotallv mounted, as at lVl for inovenient in a direct-ion toward each other to a retracted position and are held projected by a U-shaped or bowed'spi-,ing M disposed between and lconnect-ed tlierewitln.

the linger pieces K3 being' arraiigednnoi'-,

'inally to project at the Jfront of thecoinpartnient sligl'itly heyond the walls C and manipulatedby the operator. v i

4lt will. thus he seen that `whei'i a disk GL y for linstance, is arranged withinthe coin partinent E and engaged by the stop devices piece K3 to swing' the leve-i" away from the lpartition the latch will be withdrawn, allow- D in posit-ion'to he readily ciigagedyaiiddllll ing the diskto 'slide orV roll forwardly in a 1 and withdrawn, spring controlled detentel or stop devices are provided at the top of the compartment E and bottom ot the compartment F., Each of these spring controlled stop devices comprises a transversely arranged -roller N journaled upon pivotally Vmounted bracket arms N and normally en-v gage-d by pressure springs N?, wherebysaidl rollers 'are held .normal Iin the path of travel ot' the disks and serve to prevent themtrom rolling or 'falling out at the open front of the cabinet. The pressure of the springs N? isv noi-madly just suflicient to hold the. rollers N projected.withgproper force to prevent their retraction under the vpressure of the disks, but by drawing forward lon any released disk. the roller may loe pressed back and 'the disk pulled out, the 'roller revolving during this operation on its axis so that injury tothe disk will be avoided. lhen the disk is withdrawn, the roller will again be projected into 'a position for a detaining action. ln inserting a disk back into the proper grooves in the cabinet Aafter use, the linger piece 'associated with the proper latch or stop lever is pressed upon to retract the latch or stop and the -disk thenv litted in position, in which action it bears against and retracts the 'detent roller which revolves to allow it to easily pass and is then forced back into normal position by its pressure springs, the disk upon being brought into proper position within the cabinet engaged and held in such position by releasingthe lever which projects the latch or stop into operative position.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that my invention provides a storage cabinet for disk records which embodiesmaterial and substantial advantages of the character set forth, and whichmay not only be economi* cally manufactured and sold, but also constructed in as simple or as ornamentall a degree 'as desired. By means of the improved mode of mounting a record will not only be supported for gravital discharge but held positively from discharge until grasped and withdrawn, whilelpermitted to travel upon' release from a normal position to one in which it is projected sufliciently for removal. These and other ad- `v-'antages jvill be apparent from the foregoing description. and their conveniences appreciated.' .l

I claim l.. A' recg'id cabinet including an apart-` ment having .inclined -guideways, a- 'latch device for holdingja record in -a guideway from gravital discharge, .while permitting it to project suiiciently to begrasped for removal, and a spring pressed detent roller lpjosi/tion.

I, 52! A nius1c record cabinet including a con/ipartment having inclined guide ways for supporting records in alredgewise position, pivotally mounted spring cont-rolled latthes for holding the Vrecordsin normal position and permitting of their release and travel to a partially projected position, and yieldably mounted rollers for engaging the partially projected disks and holding them trom discharge while permitting them to bey for holding the record in the latter-named eov named position, said detent comprising a spring pressed roller.

4. A record holding cabinet, a casing having an inclined artition, walls therein .forming upper 'a d lower compartments with an intfggiing space, said compartments having record receivlng guideways,

j pivoted latch levers withinsaid space, said levers having 'stops projecting therefrom through the adjacent posts and arranged to engage the records to hold the same from travel by gravity in theinclined guide Ways, a spring acting upon each pair otv levers -tor holding the latches projected, and deltaining devices arranged at the -liro'nt of each "compartment.and each comprising a pivotally supported roller adapted to engage and hold a partially projectedrecord from discharge, and spring means for holdingsthe roller'in projected position.

In testimony -vhereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses. HOVARD T. MAURER.

lVitnessess ,j

' .JOHN W. ARMSTRONG,

F. lV. KLUMPP. 

